RE: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Mon Jan 14 2002 - 05:42:42 GMT

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From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
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Subject: RE: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 21:42:42 -0800
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    See the interviews with Pakistani schoolchildren on MSNBC.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf
    Of Jeremy Bradley
    Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 9:04 PM
    To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
    Subject: RE: Knowledge, Memes and Sensory Perception

    At 03:19 PM 11/01/02 -0800, you wrote:

    >
    >Please explain how the meme "the highest goal in life is to kill yourself
    in
    >an attack on Americans" is not anti-American.
    >
    Hi all
    On this touchy subject I would observe that it is not "the highest goal in
    life is to kill yourself in an attack on Americans" which is the meme. For
    me, martyrdom is the effect of the "going to heaven is good" meme.
    Jeremy

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